Today’s Song of the Day is a little trippier, a little more atmospheric, and even a little sexier. Originally from the album The Magnificent Tree, it’s Hooverphonic’s Mad About You.

Let’s continue that summer mood today with the SMAP boys. They don’t sing all that well, but at least they’re (pretending to) having fun! It was never on an album, but it is a single. From the Japanese boy band SMAP, it’s “Bang Bang Bakansu!“

Today I decided for a song with more of a summer mood, especially since the song came out last summer. From the compilation Every Single Day, it’s Bonnie Pink’s “A Perfect Sky“

Here’s the ad that the song was written for (note: model is not Bonnie Pink).

Today’s song, if i remember correctly, is the first solo single by Paul Wong during my high school days (obviously, I’m not that old). The album Yellow Paul Wong is out of print now, but you can find today’s song in the Beyond the Ultimate Story Compilation. It’s “Incomparable.”

Rarely do I pick a song of the day because of the MTV I put here, but today’s is one of those choices. Originally from the album Dreaming, it’s Leslie Cheung’s “Side.”

So why did I pick this particular (incomplete) MTV? After the 2-minute mark, you actually can clearly see a very young Jordan Chan Siu-Chun dancing right behind Leslie. So now we know where Little Spring started his career.

Today’s song of the day comes from what I got in my mailbox today. You can find it on countless Jacky Cheung compilations, but it was originally from his 1992 album True Feelings, which is probably one of the best Cantopop albums ever. It’s one of Jacky Cheung’s most well-known songs - “Breakups Always Happen on Rainy Days.”

Today’s song of the day comes a bit out of a missed opportunity. I recently found out that Brett Anderson, the lead singer of one of my favorite band Suede, is going to Hong Kong on the 14th to perform a concert. I would have been in Hong Kong for about 10 days already, but certain factors mean I’m going to have to miss out, which is regrettable because the ad states that he’ll be singing old Suede songs. Anyway, today’s song is from Suede’s 1996 album Coming Up. It’s Trash.

I’m going to admit it, I actually did like one of EEG’s Yumiko Cheng’s albums. Hell, I even gave it a really positive review. And that’s where today’s Song of the Day comes from. From her 2005 album Yumiko’s Space, it’s Thoughts (yeah, I translated the title wrong in the review).

This being my own blog and all, I should be able to indulge in some Karaoke-friendly HK pop every once in a while. At least today’s song is by the talented songwriter-sometimes-singer Pong Nan. From the album Singing in the Ring (Yay Hong Kong and their inexplicable English album titles), it’s Wilfred Lau’s Broken End.

And here is songwriter Pong Nan’s own rendition of it.

While Linkin Park took the opening chord of the Halloween theme and made this, Shiina Ringo’s Tokyo Jihen took the opening chord of the Twilight Zone theme and created something that has a sense of fun with an air unpredictability. From the band’s first album Kyoiku (Education), it’s “Sounan” (Accident).